In nature, organisms find a way to restore their integrity and equilibrium once they have been injured. Trees are no exception; that's why in treehouse-building, designers have to find less intrusive ways to connect their structures to the main trunk, without harming it too much and allowing for future growth.

German design company Manufract, co-founded by Marcel Dunger (previously) and Florian Meier, took this self-healing concept in mind when designing this series of furniture that mixes salvaged wood furniture that has been "healed" with bio-resins.

Inspired by the self-healing process of trees and we created a new and unique design. If a tree gets injured, it will naturally release resin to close the wound. This natural concept of wound-healing is used for the manufacturing process of these products. Broken pieces of wood are form-filled with a novel eco-resin to get the final shape. Each product is unique and crafted out of broken hardwood.

The apparent blemishing of these broken oak woods are transformed into an aesthetic advantage here. The organic cracks are highlighted, rather than hidden, by the eco-friendly filler. The transparency and colours of the bio-resins add a kind of light-filter to the furniture, adding some more function to the modernist form. Here, the blue-tinted bio-resin looks almost like frozen water.